Process of making powdered or granular jellifying compound



Patented Jan. 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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We Drawing. Application filed July 12, 1921, Serial No. 484,167. RenewedKay 6, 1927.

This invention relates to a dry granular powder content of the necessaryingredients for making a pure jelly.

An object of the invention resides 1n the 5 provision of a processinvolving a mlnlmum number of operations, economy at manufad. ture, andsimplicity of manipulation dur ng the process, which results in theproduction of this dry granular powder contalning all 1 the necessaryingredients for making a true jelly merely by the mixing of the powderin water and boiling the required length of time.

Another object resides in the proper' com- 16 pounding of the acids,pectous substances,

sugar and any fruit juices, in such* a manner that they can be dried toa powdered or granular, form for jelli ing.

My process comprises t e use of a dry 20 powdered or granular substancecontaining all or any of the following substances: pectose, pectin,pectase, and calcium pectate. This powdered pectous body is manufacturedin ,accordance with the process set forth in my copending applicatlon,Serial No. 464,7 52 filed April 26, 1921, and entitled A dry powderjelly base containing pectin.

In this process I take. any desired amount of this pectous powder anddissolve it in any so require amount of water by boiling the water. Atthe same'time I add, preferably,

, granulated sugar or sucrose and boil until 0th of the above-mentionedingredients are dissolved. in the water. When these substances areinsolution, I then add a definite amount of acid, preferably tartaric orcitric acid in crystal form. Immediately after the addition of the acid,that is, within three or four minutes, the liquor or solution is sub--40 jectedto the usual we'll-known atomizin process to dry the mixture.The mixture 0% the' pectous substances, the acid and the sucrosethereupon forms into a dry powder.

on the operating floor or in the1 packages in By reason of the fact thatthe solution is atomized immediately after the acid is added to thesolution, the acid has no time to convert the sucrose and, therefore,the dry powder formed will not. jellify or coagulate which thispowderis-sold. r 5 It is to be noted that it is possible, although notpreferable, to add the acid to the pectous powder in the-water and thens add the sucrose or granulated sugar, after which the atomizing ste istaken. However, this'alternative bath is not as preferable as adding thesugar first, for the reason that when the pectous powder and acid areboiled together the acid has a tendency to destroy the pectin due to theheat. 0 The powder formed by the atomization of the mixture of pectinproducts, acid and sugar can be stored or packed in any suitablecontainers or packages and is ready for use to make pure jelly. In orderto make 05' jelly from this powder it is merely necessary .to add thispowder to the desired amount of water and boil until it commences tojell, or for 'the proper length of time.

What I claim is: 1. The process of making a jelly-forming substance indry powder form,iwhich comprises dissolving pectin in water with fruit

